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Pink blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Miss America

Bred by Jean Henri (J.H.) Nicolas (United States, 1931).
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. (Newark, NY) in 1939 as 'Miss America'.

Hybrid Tea.  

Light pink, salmon-pink shading, golden-yellow undertones.  Flowers of flesh-pink, flushed with salmon, with a base of gold.  Moderate fragrance.  65 petals.  Average diameter 6".  Very large, very full (41+ petals) bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  

Upright.  Large, dark green, leathery foliage.  

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Hardy.  vigorous.  

United States - Patent No: PP 264  on  23 Nov 1937   VIEW USPTO PATENT